Report from Seabreeze Shoal, Upon Arrival

Fir

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Reference Number: BICI/SSP/CRJ0402/003

Title: Report from Seabreeze Shoal, Upon Arrival

Author: Fir

Date: Written approximately in the second month of year 5607 A.o.W.

Extent: One report, one page long

Notes: Was originally found burnt nearly beyond recognition. A version has been recreated above.

To His Eternal Warmth, O He Who Commands All The Land:

Your most faithful disciple has arrived at the designated location. And Your most faithful disciple thinks this place is kind of a dump. It reeks of kelp and fish. The border walls are poorly maintained. Why send Embers to waste their lives here when there’s so little that needs protecting? It’s not as if aberrations can rise up from the sea. 

I wonder why You chose this village. I had always thought my protege would come from a place closer to my heart. Perhaps Wolfjaw, full of my best and brightest Embers, or from The Hall of Kindling and Charcoal, where it would be a deliciously ironic choice to claim one of Scritta’s faithful for my own.

Instead, You chose this tiny village at the edge of the world. A place so remote that not even aberrations can find it. 

Actually, now that I’m thinking about it… it reminds me of the village I grew up in. Not the surroundings. Definitely not. I was shaded by deep woods and played in lovely meadows. Yet the quaintness of it brings back memories I had nearly forgotten. My village has long since been reduced to ruins, but of course Your mighty foresight would grant me a protege with a similar background to my own.

Oh, I can’t wait to meet her! I want to know everything about her. I wonder what her personality is like. Is she quiet? Boisterous? Her faith and fervor must match my own. There’s no chance You would choose a protege that couldn’t follow in my footsteps. I hope she is naturally sharp-minded and a skilled leader. But still moldable, and eager to learn. There’s so much I want to teach her.

Naturally, I will handle the other task You have entrusted to me. It’s a little cumbersome to sneak around the other Undying Embers here, but such is life. Better to blend into the crowd in the locals’ eyes than to stand out. If I made my presence known, I wouldn’t be able to get anything done. Not that a little stealth mission can’t be exhilarating.

Before I finish my other work, maybe I’ll stop by my protege’s home. A little peek can’t hurt. If she’s there, maybe I’ll even say hi! Introduce myself. She’s probably received her Spark by now, so she should welcome me. 

I will report back once my work here is done. Until then, my god-king! 

-Fir